I didn't follow him much but what's the story with Thrower? Weren't we high on him at the draft? I know he played in the ECHL and his stats don't look great but did he pretty much bust or was it just a bad year?
Well, a few things.
His draft+1 year was... let's just say marred by many failures and saw a 50% drop in production (coincidentially, it was Dietz's big season). The whole Saskatoon squad underachieved big time, and Thrower certainly had something to do with that situation (as opposed to Dietz).
He was traded (for an underwhelming package) to the Vancouver Giants, a pretty mediocre team at that moment, and played rather well until his season got cut short.
Then he shows up at the Habs camp looking roughly like a donut (though that might have been in part explainable by the lack of any training due to the injury, and I think he didn't even skate, as he was still injured), and played the last season in Brampton, where he was... I dunno, but the stat line isn't pretty. Fun fact : he played with David Ling. Yep, that David Ling, former Hab who played a few games in the nineties and who is pretty much the definition of "Great AHL'er".